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Questions about paths, in this context they are lines created in a raster or vector editing software such as Illustrator, Inkscape or Photoshop, to name a few. Ask anything related to manipulating paths in graphic design software.

I have a closed path from which I would like to create a parallel inner path. If I drew a series of lines, all the same length, with one end at points along the path (all extending inward), the second ...

I have two separate paths. I want to match the pink tongue to the black mouth outline as perfectly as possible. Is there a better way to do this without manually moving all the vector points by hand?
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I'm trying to create a colour wheel in Illustrator. I have created one (two actually but they both produced the same result), but it looks a little rough.
I've attached an image to this post you can ...

I am relatively new to Adobe Illustrator, so I am not very familiar with the tools.
I have two paths, with stroke inside selected for the stroke method. I would like to have the two shapes share an ...

I am without my Senior Designer and facing a deadline that approaches before she returns. I've had a request from a printer creating tins for my company, to format our AI files to meet very specific ...

I am using Adobe Illustrator to create a logo. However, the text around the circular path is at a funny angle and the spacing is funny. On the word "Office," if you look at the Fs, you can see that ...

I am trying to make one shape using the pen tool, but I don't necessarily want the two end anchor points in the same place. I want to attach one endpoint to a path and make an object. I understand you ...

I've created an outline of a hand, but I would like to see how it looks filled without a border. The problem is I made the hand with multiple paths, then made it a compound path (to blend it easier)
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I created a path in CS6, which ends with horizontal lines on both sides. I want to connect them to an (open) semicircle above them, thus the path would be closed.
I created a circle (automatically on ...

I'm relatively new to illustrator and am sure that what I'm asking has a very simple answer but I can't seem to get my head around it!
I want to change the shape of this text to a curved line which ...

In Adobe illustrator CS6, I have a lot of text. Lots of the text is the names of rivers. The text is in a straight line. Is there a way that I can change this line of text so that it curves or follows ...

What I need: to draw different sets of icons in the same points of the picture (with the purpose of drawing different network schemes with the same structure). There are A LOT OF Points.
Therefore I ...

Is it possible to delete parts that overlap a underlying shape (on a underlying group/layer).
To illustrate the question:
Each shape is in it's own group, "1" on the bottom and "4" on top.
Starting ...

I imported my Illustrator file into After Effects. I then turned the Vector layer into a shape layer. I added a trim path to the shape but the trim path does some weird start to end point mask.
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I got a closed path A on one hand and on the other hand I have a path B made of 2 anchor points.
I would like to pick an anchor point in path A and make it that the next anchor in the path is one of ...